Jude Law
Born: 1972-12-29 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
David Jude Heyworth Law (born December 29, 1972) is an English actor. He began his career in theatre before landing small roles in various British television productions and feature films. Law gained international recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Law found further critical and commercial success in Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002), Minghella's Cold Mountain (2003), for which he earned Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, in addition to the drama Closer (2004) and the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006). His subsequent roles were as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), a young Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), and Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel (2019); all of which rank among his highest-grossing releases. Other notable films include Contagion (2011), Hugo (2011), Side Effects (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Spy (2015), as well as the television series The Young Pope (2016), The New Pope (2020), and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2024). In addition to his film work, Law has performed in several West End and Broadway productions, including Les Parents Terribles in 1994, Hamlet in 2010, and Anna Christie in 2011. These earned him nominations for two Tony Awards. The French government has also awarded him the Honorary Césarand and named him a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
Filmography
2026
- The Wizard of the Kremlin as Vladimir Putin
2025
- Black Rabbit as Jake Friedken
- Eden as Dr. Friedrich Ritter
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Jod Na Nawood
- The Order as Terry Husk
- Firebrand as Henry VIII
2023
- Peter Pan & Wendy as James Hook
- Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask as Self
2022
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore as Albus Dumbledore
- True Things ... (Producer)
2021
- What If...? as Yon-Rogg (voice)
- Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2020
- The Nest as Rory O'Hara
- The Rhythm Section as Iain Boyd "B"
- The New Pope as Pius XIII / Lenny Belardo
- The Third Day as Sam
- The Third Day: Autumn as Sam
2019
- Captain Marvel as Yon-Rogg
- Skywatch as Man on Roof
- Do Not Disturb ... (Executive Producer)
- A Rainy Day in New York as Ted Davidoff
2018
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as Albus Dumbledore
- Vox Lux as Manager
2017
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as Vortigern
- National Theatre Live: Obsession as Gino
- Neo Yokio as Charles (voice)
- Free Speech Fear Free as Self
2016
- Genius as Thomas Wolfe
- The Young Pope as Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII
- The Roof as And Yet Another Fan
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Spy as Bradley Fine
- The Vote as Colin Henderson
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- The Grand Budapest Hotel as Young Author
- Black Sea as Captain Robinson
2013
- Dom Hemingway as Dom Hemingway
- Toast of London as Jude Law
- Muse of Fire as Self
- Side Effects as Jonathan Banks
- Connection as Self
2012
- Rise of the Guardians as Pitch (voice)
- Radioman as Self
- 360 as Michael Daly
- Anna Karenina as Karenin
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry as Self
- The Boy in the Oak as Narrator (voice)
2011
- Hugo as Hugo's Father
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Dr. John Watson
- Contagion as Alan Krumwiede
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2010
- Repo Men as Remy
- Exit Through the Gift Shop as Self (uncredited)
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented as Self
2009
- Sherlock Holmes as Dr. John Watson
- Rage as Minx
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Imaginarium Tony 2
- Live from Studio Five as Self
- The Day After Peace as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- My Blueberry Nights as Jeremy
- Sleuth as Milo Tindle
- A Place in Time as Self
2006
- The Holiday as Graham Simpkins
- Breaking and Entering as Will Francis
- All the King's Men as Jack Burden
2005
- Live 8 as Self
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Lemony Snicket (voice)
- Closer as Dan
- The Aviator as Errol Flynn
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow as Sky Captain
- I ♥ Huckabees as Brad Stand
- Alfie as Alfie
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Cold Mountain as Inman
2002
- Road to Perdition as Harlen Maguire
2001
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Gigolo Joe
- Enemy at the Gates as Vassili Zaitsev
2000
- Presence of Mind as Secretary
- Love, Honour and Obey as Jude
- Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
- Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
- Happy M’Gee
- Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier as Self
1999
- eXistenZ as Ted Pikul
- The Talented Mr. Ripley as Dickie Greenleaf
- Tube Tales ... (Director)
- The Early Show as Self
- The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack as Self
1998
- Immortality as Steven Grlscz
- Music from Another Room as Danny Kowalski
- Final Cut as Jude
1997
- The View as Self
- Gattaca as Jerome Eugene Morrow
- Wilde as Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
- Bent as Stormtrooper
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Billy Carl Hanson
- Operation Good Guys
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- I Love You, I Love You Not as Ethan / SS Officer
1994
- Shopping as Billy
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- The Crane as Young Man
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1989
- The Tailor of Gloucester as Mayor's Stableboy
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Joe Barnes
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self